It was one of my dreams as a child, growing up in my little village with my cousins. We used to walk together, and I used to say, when you look at the world map, 'This town is there, that town is there, that river is there.' I used to say, 'One day, I'm going to travel these places.'

I have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

There are goals that I had set out for myself as an artist. I have accomplished some of them - becoming accepted all over the world - however, other parts of my goals have not been completed.

It's important for me to go back into the ghetto, where I'm from. I still get my oxygen from there. I don't live in the ghetto anymore, but every time I go back, I'm still seeing the same things that I lived.

A good deed here, a good deed there, a good thought here, a good comment there, all added up to my career in one way or another.

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor.

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I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.